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1455056

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Project Gigabit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress he has made allocating £5bn announced for Project Gigabit.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	148209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>The 2021 Spending Review re-affirmed £1.2bn over four years as part of our landmark £5bn commitment to Project Gigabit. We are open to accelerating faster and further if the market can deliver more, building upon the 67% of gigabit-capable broadband coverage achieved to date, up from just 8% in July 2019. Project Gigabit will support the rollout of gigabit connectivity in the hardest to reach areas where we are working with industry to target a minimum of 85% coverage by 2025. We are making good progress; so far broadband providers have been invited to bid for contracts to upgrade up to 187,000 premises across Cumbria, Durham, Northumberland, Cambridgeshire, North Dorset and West Cornwall.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 31/03/2022 11:15:20 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1454308

registered interest
date	25/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2022 to Question 143686, how many online child sexual abuse cases the National Crime Agency disseminated to each police force, Region or NCA Investigations for action in the period from March 2020 to February 2021.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	147056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2022 answer text <p>Further to the Answer of 24 March 2022 to Question 143686, the National Crime Agency disseminated online child sexual abuse cases to Police Forces in England, Regional Forces and NCA teams as follows:</p><p>In the period 1 March 2020 to 28 February 2021, the NCA disseminated 14,260 online CSA cases to forces in England including 18 individual cases referred to two or more police forces. And a further 49 cases were disseminated to Regional Organised Crime Units (ROCUs). NCA investigations teams also commenced an additional 133 investigations into online child sexual abuse.</p><p>In the period 1 March 2021 to 28 February 2022, the NCA disseminated 17,022 online CSA cases to forces in England including 34 individual cases referred to two or more police forces. And a further 206 cases were disseminated to ROCUs. NCA investigations teams commenced 96 new investigations into online child sexual abuse.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 147057 question first answered 30/03/2022 14:16:33 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1454309

registered interest
date	25/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2022 to Question 143686, how many online child sexual abuse cases the National Crime Agency disseminated to each police force, Region or NCA Investigations for action in the period from March 2021 to February 2022.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	147057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2022 answer text <p>Further to the Answer of 24 March 2022 to Question 143686, the National Crime Agency disseminated online child sexual abuse cases to Police Forces in England, Regional Forces and NCA teams as follows:</p><p>In the period 1 March 2020 to 28 February 2021, the NCA disseminated 14,260 online CSA cases to forces in England including 18 individual cases referred to two or more police forces. And a further 49 cases were disseminated to Regional Organised Crime Units (ROCUs). NCA investigations teams also commenced an additional 133 investigations into online child sexual abuse.</p><p>In the period 1 March 2021 to 28 February 2022, the NCA disseminated 17,022 online CSA cases to forces in England including 34 individual cases referred to two or more police forces. And a further 206 cases were disseminated to ROCUs. NCA investigations teams commenced 96 new investigations into online child sexual abuse.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 147056 question first answered 30/03/2022 14:16:33 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1453021

registered interest
date	21/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many referrals for online child sexual abuse cases the National Crime Agency has passed on to each police force in England between (a) March 2020 and February 2021 and (b) March 2021 and February 2022.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	143686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2022 answer text <p>Tackling online child sexual abuse remains a key priority for this Government. Investment in the National Crime Agency and UK forces has ensured offenders are identified and brought to justice.</p><p>The National Crime Agency (NCA) leads the law enforcement response to online child sexual abuse working in collaboration with police forces across England. The NCA develops and disseminates intelligence in relation to online child sexual abuse to UK forces and NCA teams. This intelligence includes industry referrals of child sexual abuse, public reports, and intelligence generated by the NCA and international law enforcement.</p><p>In cases where the NCA judges that an offence has occurred and the offender can be located, these cases, including the content, are disseminated to a police force, Region or NCA Investigations for action.</p><p>In the period March 2020 to February 2021, the NCA disseminated 14,260 online child sexual abuse cases to forces in England including 18 individual cases referred to two or more police forces. And in the period between March 2021 and February 2022 the NCA disseminated 17,022 online child sexual abuse cases to forces in England including 34 individual cases referred to two or more police forces.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 24/03/2022 17:08:53 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1439320

registered interest
date	09/03/2022
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Ofcom: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much the Government has spent (a) in total and (b) with Saxton Bampfylde recruitment advisers for the appointment of a new Ofcom Chair.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	137318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2022 answer text <p>Saxton Bampfylde has been appointed as the headhunter for this competition, following a tender process that was run in line with government procurement rules. The contract value is £18,000.</p><p>No other costs have been incurred, beyond the staffing costs usually associated with running a public appointments process.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 14/03/2022 18:08:50 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1438405

registered interest
date	07/03/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Evening Standard: Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the UK Communications Agency classified the Evening Standard as a regional or national newspaper for the purposes of advertising spend in (a) 2018, (b) 2019, (c) 2020, (d) 2021 and (e) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	135509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2022 answer text <p>The Evening Standard is classified as a regional title. However, due to the coverage and reach that the publication has with the general public and businesses, it is sometimes added to national titles if an upweight is required in the London area.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Spend data for the whole of government is not held centrally by the Cabinet Office. However, the Cabinet Office publishes expenditure for its own department, including on public information campaigns, on a rolling monthly basis on GOV.UK as part of routine government transparency arrangements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams grouped question UIN 135510 question first answered 10/03/2022 17:53:10 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1438407

registered interest
date	07/03/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Newspaper Press
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Government advertising spend has been in regional newspapers in each of the last five years, by newspaper.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	135510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2022 answer text <p>The Evening Standard is classified as a regional title. However, due to the coverage and reach that the publication has with the general public and businesses, it is sometimes added to national titles if an upweight is required in the London area.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Spend data for the whole of government is not held centrally by the Cabinet Office. However, the Cabinet Office publishes expenditure for its own department, including on public information campaigns, on a rolling monthly basis on GOV.UK as part of routine government transparency arrangements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams grouped question UIN 135509 question first answered 10/03/2022 17:53:10 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1436719

registered interest
date	28/02/2022
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Arts: Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what progress she has made on developing creative clusters, as announced in the creative industries sector deal.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	131199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2022 answer text <p>The Creative Industries Clusters Programme is currently delivered by the Arts and Humanities Research Council as part of UKRI’s Audience of the Future Challenge and has made some remarkable progress over the last four years of its operation.</p><p>As of September 2021, the programme has identified that over 3,475 jobs had been created and safeguarded, over £176m of private co-investment has been leveraged from the initial public funding provided and 906 new business-led R&amp;D projects have been supported through the programme.</p><p>We are working closely with colleagues in UKRI and AHRC to build on the success of this programme as part of the Creative Industries Sector Vision which was announced earlier this year.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 03/03/2022 09:58:37 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1435546

registered interest
date	25/02/2022
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Public Service Broadcasting Advisory Panel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many times the Public Service Broadcasting Advisory Panel has met since it was established; which Ministers attended each meeting; and if she will publish the minutes of each meeting of the Panel.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	129812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2022 answer text <p>The Public Service Broadcasting Advisory Panel was established in November 2020 in order to provide independent expertise and advice for the government’s strategic review of public service broadcasting.</p><p>Since its establishment, the Panel has met six times, on the following dates: (i) 19 November 2020; (ii) 14 January 2021; (iii) 24 March 2021; (iv) 18 May 2021; (v) 21 July 2021; and (vi) 24 November 2021. It is not expected to meet further.</p><p>The first meeting was attended by the then Secretary of State, the Rt Hon Oliver Dowden CBE MP; the second, third, fourth and fifth meetings by the then Minister of State for Media and Data, the Rt Hon John Whittingdale OBE MP; and the sixth by the Minister of State for Media, Data and Digital Infrastructure, Julia Lopez MP.</p><p>In accordance with the Panel’s <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/public-service-broadcasting-advisory-panel-terms-of-reference" target="_blank">published terms of reference</a>, the government does not intend to publish the minutes of the Panel. The Government will set out the conclusions of its strategic review of public service broadcasting in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 02/03/2022 09:36:07 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1434867

registered interest
date	23/02/2022
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	National Lottery: Tickets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether any consideration is taken in the distribution of lottery funds of the level of ticket sales in areas of the country.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	128267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>National Lottery funding is awarded by 12 distributors working at arm’s length from the government. Distribution of funding is generally an application-driven process but distributors are expected to ensure a wide geographical reach.</p><p>The Department does not routinely receive information on the level of ticket sales in different areas of the country.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 28/02/2022 09:33:26 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell